Her people in the dumps.

Judy. May 13, 1885.


The Jubilee Coinage.

Sing a song of sixpence, they struck it all awry,

“Four” and “twenty” pieces, too, were faked in the die;

When the dies were opened the folks began to sing,

“Why, there ain’t a money value set on this ’ere thing.”

The bankers in their parlours were laughing at the money;

The Queen looked at her portrait and thought it very funny;